November 2003 SF Bay Area Contradances and English Country Dances

San Francisco Bay Area Contradances and English Country Dances
Date	Type	Location	Caller	Musicians and Dance Info
Sat. 1	Contra	SF: St. Paul's	Charlie Fenton	Flashpoint (Jon Berger—fiddle, Howard Booster—fiddle, Rebecca King—piano)
Sun.2	Ceilidh	Berkeley: GNC	Mavis McGaugh	7:00 to 10:00 pm The Repercussions (Erik Hoffman, Art Peterson, Debra Tayleur)plus Storytelling by Sherry Kumler
Sun.2	Contra	San Rafael	Susan Petrick	Reckless Ramblers - Nat Hewitt (NH), Sam Bartlett (IN), Larry Unger (MA) 7:30- 10:30 pm, $12 general, $10 members
Wed. 5	Schottische, Norwegian Polka, & More Workshop	Berkeley: GNC	Erik Hoffman	*First Wednesday Workshop Series* 6:30 to 7:30 pm, $5 admission
Wed. 5	Contra	Berkeley: GNC	Open Callers Night	*open band* led by Chris Knepper& Friends If you want to call a dance, contact Erik Hoffman at 510-444-4397 or email calling@erikhoffman.com
Wed. 5	English	Mtn View	Sharon Green & Alan Winston	Bill Jensen, Stan Kramer, & Mary Tabor
Fri. 7	English	Palo Alto: MT	Sharon Green	Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Stan & Susan Kramer, Mark Daly) with Bill Jensen
Sat. 8	Contra	Palo Alto: YWCA	Erik Hoffman	Vista Social Club (Adam Cavan - bass, Lisa Croen - fiddle, Bobbi Nikles - fiddle, Roland Nikles - guitar, Daren Santos - bodhran, mandolin) The Palo Alto contradance will continue to be at this location only through the end of December. If you have suggestions for halls where BACDS can continue this dance after December, please download and fill out the PDF-formatted Hall Evaluation Questionaire. (If necessary, click here to download Acrobat Reader so you can open and print the questionnaire.)
Sat. 8	English	SF: Bethany	Sharon Green	Bill Jensen, Stan & Susan Kramer
Sat. 8	Contra	Canyon	Open Callers Festival	*10th Year Anniversary Dance!* Westline Big Band (Garry Wiegand, conductor) Callers can contact thecanyoncontradancers@yahoo.com.
Sat. 8	Contra	Fairfax Community Church	Mavis McGaugh	The dance is not being held at its usual location. It will be at the Fairfax Community Church, 2398 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax. Bandemonium! (LeeAnne Welch - fiddle, Eric Anderson - piano) $7 members, $9 general
Sun. 9	Square & Contra	El Cerrito	Erik Hoffman	Note from Jim Saxe: dance series is ending. David Courchaine & Friends
Wed. 12	English	Berkeley: GNC	David Newitt	Laurie Chastain, Robert Hill, &Charlie Hancock
Fri. 14	Contra	Prospect School	Kirston Koths	Stump Tail Dog (Dan Engle - fiddle, mandolin, octave mandolin, Ray Frank - guitar) Finn Hall is no longer available. This dance is now at the Prospect Sierra School, 960 Avis Dr., El Cerrito, CA.
Sat.15	English	San Mateo Masonic Temple	Bruce Hamilton	Fall Ball $20 preregistered (before November 2nd), $25 at the door; $10 for workshop only Music by:Charlie Hancock,Kathrine Gardner, David Strong, & Judy Linsenberg Workshop 2:30-5:00 pm Singing 7:30 - 8:00 pm Dance 8-11 pm Potluck after the dance
Sat. 15	Contra	SF: St. Paul's	Kirston Koths	Stump Tail Dog (Dan Engle - fiddle, mandolin, octave mandolin, Ray Frank - guitar)
Wed. 19	English	Mtn View	Jody McGeen & Alan Winston	Stan Kramer, Bill Jensen, & Erin Vang
Wed. 19	Contra	Berkeley: GNC	Erik Hoffman	Bobbie Nikles, Stefan Curl, Karen & Dan Warrick
Fri. 21	English	Palo Alto: MT	Bruce Hamilton	Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Stan & Susan Kramer, Mark Daly) with Ruth Ann Fraley
Sat. 22	Contra	Palo Alto: YWCA	Eric Black	Moving Cloud Orchestra (Paul Kotapish, Paul Machlis, & Bobbi Nikles) The Palo Alto contradance will continue to be at this location only through the end of December. If you have suggestions for halls where BACDS can continue this dance after December, please download and fill out the PDF-formatted Hall Evaluation Questionaire. (If necessary, click here to download Acrobat Reader so you can open and print the questionnaire.)
Sat. 22	Experienced English	Berkeley: GNC	Tom Roby	Rebecca King, Laurie Edeleman, & Friend For experienced dancers.
Sun. 23	Square & Contra	El Cerrito	Jim Saxe	*open band* led by Vista Social Club (Adam Cavan - bass, Lisa Croen - fiddle, Bobbi Nikles - fiddle, Roland Nikles - guitar, Daren Santos - bodhran, mandolin)
Wed. 26	English	Berkeley: GNC	Tom Roby	*open band* led byKathrine Gardner,Charlie Hancock, & Debra Tayleur
Fri. 28	Contra	SF: St. Paul's	Charlie Fenton	Modal Citizens (Kerry Parker, Pam Swan, and Deborah Chen)
Sat. 29	Contra	Palo Alto: YWCA	Eric Black	Stump Tail Dog (Dan Engle - fiddle, mandolin, octave mandolin, Ray Frank - guitar)
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